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deipnosophist

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deipnosophist [daɪpˈnɒsəfɪst]
n
(Literature / Rhetoric) Rare a person who is a master of dinner-table conversation
[from Greek deipnosophistai, title of a Greek work by Athenaeus (3rd century), describing learned discussions at a banquet, from deipnon meal + sophistai wise men; see sophist]
deipnosophist - If you are skilled at table talk, you are a deipnosophist.
See also related terms for skilled.
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Noun1.deipnosophist - someone skilled at informal chitchat
conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer - someone skilled at conversation
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